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APPARATUS FOR PACKING TYPES INTO REGEPTAGLES.

Patented May 28, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F, HILDER, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR PACKING TYPES INTO RECEPTACLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,055, dated May 28,1895. Application filed January 10, 1896. Serial No. 534,485- (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES FREDERICK 'HILDER, a citizen of England,residing at Brompton House, Hampton, London, in the county of Middlesex,England, have invented certain new and useful Apparatus for PackingTypes into Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

When a printing form is distributed into groups each group containingthe types of one character only, it is necessary that in packing theminto receptacles for use in a type setting machine, all the types shouldstand in thereceptacle with their character ends all facing one way andtheir nicks all presented toward one side.

My invention relates to apparatus for facilitating manipulation inpacking types into receptacles so as to comply with these conditions, asI shall describe, referring to the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a plan of the table on which are laid the types, all of onecharacter, that are to be packed. Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical sections,to an enlarged scale, taken respectively on the lines X X and Y Y ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section on the line Z Z of Fig. 2.

A is a smooth table having at the side where the operator stands fourchutes, namely, two middle chutes B and 0 each of the form shown insection in Fig. 2 and two outer chutes D and E each of the form shown insection in Fig. 3. Each chute leads down to the end of a receptacle inform of a trough, at the end of which there is an eccentric G caused torotate continuously by any convenient motor driving the spindle H onwhich the four ec- The spindle H revolves in bearings provided on thebase plate J, on which the receptacles F rest. At its lower part, eachchute has a front and aback opening each provided with a door, the frontdoor K hinged at its lower edge, and the hind door L hinged at its upperedge. Each door is held closed by a small weight on its hinge pin or itmight be by a light spring, so that it can open yielding to a slightforce.

' The apparatus is worked as .follows: The operator putting his fingeron one of the types laid'upon the table A, and turning it, if necessary,on one of its flat sides, notices or feels which of four possiblepositions the type oc-- carrying the same into cupies. If the characteris directed toward him and the nicks are on the left side, he

draws the type to the left middle chute B and lets it drop. If thecharacter is toward him and the nicks on the right side he draws thetype to the right middle chute O and lets it drop. In both thesecasest-he character end of the type rests for a moment on the incline bor 0 allowing the other end, after passing the edge I) or c to descendfirst, the type thus descends bottom first with the character presentedupward. When the character is away from the operator and the nicks onthe left, he draws the type to the left outer chute D. When thecharacter is away from him and the nicks on the right he draws it to theright outer chute E. Thus, in all cases, the types descend with thecharacters presented upward, but a number descend by the chutes B and Dwith their nicks to the left, and a number by O and E with their nickstoward the right. As each type reaches thelower end of the chute behindthe eccentric it is pushed by the eccentric into the receptacle. Shouldthe eccentric happen to bear against it when it has not reached thebottom it would be canted to the side as shownin Fig. 3, and in thatcase the doors K L open to allow it to take the inclined postion. 0n theretreat of the eccentric, the type is restored to its vertical positionby the closing of the doors K L and descends to the bottom to be pushedinto the receptacle by the next revolution of the eccentric. As one pairof the receptacles F contains types with their nicks on the handopposite to that of the nicks in the other pair, the receptacles of theone or the other pair have to be turned end for end when placed in atype setting machine, and thus the types in the receptacles all havetheir characters and nicks lying one way as is necessary in suchmachines.

Having thus described the nature of my said invention and the best meansI know of practical effect, I claim- 1. The combination of atableprovided with a pair of left hand and a pair of right hand dependingchutes, a receptacle arranged in operative connection with the lower endof each too chute, a pair" of self-closing doors near the lower end ofeach chute, and a ,rotating eccentric mounted at the lower end portionof each chute, substantially as described.

2. In apparatus for packing types into receptacles, in combination withthe table for manipulating the types and the chutes leading downtherefrom to receptacles furnished with eccentrics, a pair of doors nearthe lower end of each chute, urged to close by weights or springs,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of 10 two subscribing witnesses, this 28th day of December, A.D. 1894. o

CHARLES F. HILDER.

\Vitnesses:

T. F. BARNES, THOMAS LAKE.

